Suffocate
verb
To die or cause to die by preventing access to air.
The room was so stuffy, he felt like he was going to suffocate.
Often appears as...
- suffocate from smoke
- suffocate in a car
verb
To feel uncomfortable or struggle for breath because of a hot or stuffy atmosphere.
The heat in the car was so intense she felt like she would suffocate.
Often appears as...
- suffocate in heat
- suffocate from humidity
verb
To suppress or repress feelings or ideas.
She had to suffocate her anger at the rude comments.
Often appears as...
- suffocate anger
- suffocate feelings
verb
To die or cause to die by preventing access to air.
The room was so stuffy, he felt like he was going to suffocate.
Often appears as...
- suffocate from smoke
- suffocate in a car
verb
To feel uncomfortable or struggle for breath because of a hot or stuffy atmosphere.
The heat in the car was so intense she felt like she would suffocate.
Often appears as...
- suffocate in heat
- suffocate from humidity
verb
To suppress or repress feelings or ideas.
She had to suffocate her anger at the rude comments.
Often appears as...
- suffocate anger
- suffocate feelings
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Danger
Used to express a life-threatening situation due to lack of air.
Many animals suffocate if trapped underwater for too long.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorically Speaking
Sometimes used metaphorically to describe an overwhelming feeling.
He felt suffocated by his responsibilities.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Emphasis
Highlights extreme conditions that make breathing difficult.
The smoke was so thick, I thought I'd suffocate.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Danger
Used to express a life-threatening situation due to lack of air.
Many animals suffocate if trapped underwater for too long.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorically Speaking
Sometimes used metaphorically to describe an overwhelming feeling.
He felt suffocated by his responsibilities.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Emphasis
Highlights extreme conditions that make breathing difficult.
The smoke was so thick, I thought I'd suffocate.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Danger
Used to express a life-threatening situation due to lack of air.
Many animals suffocate if trapped underwater for too long.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorically Speaking
Sometimes used metaphorically to describe an overwhelming feeling.
He felt suffocated by his responsibilities.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Emphasis
Highlights extreme conditions that make breathing difficult.
The smoke was so thick, I thought I'd suffocate.
Never forget "Suffocate"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
The Science of a...
this really enables that the cheetah to have a very lightweight head which you can see that marvelous moment in the footage which is keeping it very fixed on the preys you couldn't do that with an overweight and so having expanded nasal cavities here actually helps while she's suffocating the prey to be able to
Video examples
The terrors of sleep...
and it may be linked to sleep disorders such as narcolepsy, many who experience an episode of sleep paralysis do so infrequently, perhaps only once in a lifetime. So you can rest easy, knowing that an evil entity is not trying to haunt, possess, strangle, or suffocate you.
Video examples
The difference between...
There's an intensity of affection and emotion, a rush. It feels really good. You feel so lucky, like you've hit the jackpot. But in unhealthy love, these feelings shift over time from exciting to overwhelming and maybe a little bit suffocating. You feel it in your gut.
Video examples
Strangled by a Boa...
This is what constricting means. If you see me starting to go blue or purple in the face, then I might need a little bit of help. Constricting basically means to strangle, to suffocate the life out of prey, and that's how this magnificent animal
Video examples
Using poetry as a way to...
that I was not outlier but pioneer like Maya Angelou who knew quiet like a caged bird I'd not sing in the wake of trauma its wings heavy with the weight of grief this is what we call reactive mutism when a painful experience suffocates the
Video examples
The urgency of...
They have been shot to death. They have been stomped to death. They have been suffocated to death. They have been manhandled to death. They have been tasered to death. They've been killed when they've called for help.
Video examples
Nature's First Line of...
least once during the season so it's important that the eggs should be waterproof and indeed a swan's egg has an outer layer that waterproofs it without suffocating the chick
Video examples
The Dinosaur's Fight for...
magnificent creatures have any defense against the natural forces that are suffocating their world
Video examples
5 Animals You Didn't...
it's mouth envelops and suffocates the earth world
Video examples
Weirdest Creepy Crawly...
it's mouth envelops and suffocates the earth world
Video examples
The Science of a...
this really enables that the cheetah to have a very lightweight head which you can see that marvelous moment in the footage which is keeping it very fixed on the preys you couldn't do that with an overweight and so having expanded nasal cavities here actually helps while she's suffocating the prey to be able to
Video examples
The terrors of sleep...
and it may be linked to sleep disorders such as narcolepsy, many who experience an episode of sleep paralysis do so infrequently, perhaps only once in a lifetime. So you can rest easy, knowing that an evil entity is not trying to haunt, possess, strangle, or suffocate you.
Video examples
The difference between...
There's an intensity of affection and emotion, a rush. It feels really good. You feel so lucky, like you've hit the jackpot. But in unhealthy love, these feelings shift over time from exciting to overwhelming and maybe a little bit suffocating. You feel it in your gut.
Video examples
Strangled by a Boa...
This is what constricting means. If you see me starting to go blue or purple in the face, then I might need a little bit of help. Constricting basically means to strangle, to suffocate the life out of prey, and that's how this magnificent animal
Video examples
Using poetry as a way to...
that I was not outlier but pioneer like Maya Angelou who knew quiet like a caged bird I'd not sing in the wake of trauma its wings heavy with the weight of grief this is what we call reactive mutism when a painful experience suffocates the
Video examples
The urgency of...
They have been shot to death. They have been stomped to death. They have been suffocated to death. They have been manhandled to death. They have been tasered to death. They've been killed when they've called for help.
Video examples
Nature's First Line of...
least once during the season so it's important that the eggs should be waterproof and indeed a swan's egg has an outer layer that waterproofs it without suffocating the chick
Video examples
The Dinosaur's Fight for...
magnificent creatures have any defense against the natural forces that are suffocating their world
Video examples
5 Animals You Didn't...
it's mouth envelops and suffocates the earth world
Video examples
Weirdest Creepy Crawly...
it's mouth envelops and suffocates the earth world
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Ann Wilson
American Musician
Music became less understandable in the wake of the new MTV era. You weren't supposed to be anything other than a pop star, to not go deeper than that. It was really strange. It was suffocating, image-wise. What you could talk about in a song changed; if you were misunderstood, you were really misunderstood - taken literally.
Quote examples
John Avlon
Writer
What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. It's all part of the suffocating spin cycle we're in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base.
Quote examples
Vicky Krieps
Luxembourger Actress
Whenever money is in the game, it can suffocate anything and anyone else, and I think people have been misled by money, or the dream of money, or selling the dream that if you've made it money-wise, you've made a life. Which is a lie. You don't get happiness by money.
Quote examples
Santiago Calatrava
Spanish Architect
Something that's very important is to preserve the sense of surprise, the sense of discovery. The eye of the person you are talking to, your shadow on the ground. It's important not to get suffocated by all the things in life and lose that sense of surprise.
Quote examples
Janine di Giovanni
American Journalist
For the first five years of Luca's life, I desperately wanted to be a good mother and not to pass on this trauma and darkness that his father and I had experienced, but there's a danger of suffocating your kids, too.
Quote examples
Bradley Whitford
American Actor
The issue for my character, and the issue of the show is, how dirty do your feet have to get without suffocating yourself in the mud in order to get an inch of what you really want done?
Quote examples
Howard Barker
British Playwright
We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets.
Quote examples
Francois Hollande
French Statesman
When I travel officially... and when I travel on a private basis, I have protection that is less suffocating. But I am protected everywhere.
Quote examples
Tyler Joseph
American Musician
Insecurity, for me, feels like the sensation of suffocating.
Quote examples
Sudeep
Indian Actor
The pressure of success is suffocating.
Quote examples
Ann Wilson
American Musician
Music became less understandable in the wake of the new MTV era. You weren't supposed to be anything other than a pop star, to not go deeper than that. It was really strange. It was suffocating, image-wise. What you could talk about in a song changed; if you were misunderstood, you were really misunderstood - taken literally.
Quote examples
John Avlon
Writer
What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. It's all part of the suffocating spin cycle we're in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base.
Quote examples
Vicky Krieps
Luxembourger Actress
Whenever money is in the game, it can suffocate anything and anyone else, and I think people have been misled by money, or the dream of money, or selling the dream that if you've made it money-wise, you've made a life. Which is a lie. You don't get happiness by money.
Quote examples
Santiago Calatrava
Spanish Architect
Something that's very important is to preserve the sense of surprise, the sense of discovery. The eye of the person you are talking to, your shadow on the ground. It's important not to get suffocated by all the things in life and lose that sense of surprise.
Quote examples
Janine di Giovanni
American Journalist
For the first five years of Luca's life, I desperately wanted to be a good mother and not to pass on this trauma and darkness that his father and I had experienced, but there's a danger of suffocating your kids, too.
Quote examples
Bradley Whitford
American Actor
The issue for my character, and the issue of the show is, how dirty do your feet have to get without suffocating yourself in the mud in order to get an inch of what you really want done?
Quote examples
Howard Barker
British Playwright
We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets.
Quote examples
Francois Hollande
French Statesman
When I travel officially... and when I travel on a private basis, I have protection that is less suffocating. But I am protected everywhere.
Quote examples
Tyler Joseph
American Musician
Insecurity, for me, feels like the sensation of suffocating.
Quote examples
Sudeep
Indian Actor
The pressure of success is suffocating.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension